Ah Asha, the everlasting hope of fresh, pristine melodies. Hearty greetings on this significant milestone in the journey of music. And wishing you many more such milestones of good health and musical times – so that we all may be blessed with the tinkle of you lovely voice, for many more years to come.Read more on this topic…

This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

From the day Radio Transmission started in India for public, on 1-4-1930, till the record players and Tape recorders became popular, Radio was the only source of entertainment “Home Delivered” to indian Music Lovers.Read more on this topic…

This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

The year – 1997. For the first time ever (October ’97), an Indian artist is being honored as the ‘Artist of the Month’ by MTV channel on cable TV. At the age of 64, a Maharashtrian housewife who loves to cook, and is a grandmother, Asha Bhosle graced the honors. And mind you, this recognition is voted for by the MTV audience, a population that primarily consists of teen agers. At an age when most people in many walks of life are either retired or contemplating a more relaxed and sedate life, this diva of Hindi film music, went on to completely reinvent herself. At the age of 64, with a new makeover, she rose once again to become the queen of funky pop.Read more on this topic…

This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

The non-film songs made an appearance on this blog with the songs sung by Saigal Saab. One proud feather that this blog carries in its cap is that all the Hindi/Urdu songs sung by Saigal Saab, both from films and non-film, are now posted on this blog. After Saigal Saab’s non-film songs started to appear on this blog, a general discussion ensued amongst the readers and contributors, wishing to see more of non-film songs posted here, from other singers also. And so followed some more non-film songs from stalwarts such as Pankaj Mullick, Jagmohan ‘Sursagar’, Talat Mehmood, Juthika Roy, Geeta Dutt, Kamla Jharia and CH Atma have found a place here. Lata also has already made a debut in the non-film category, for the song “Ae Mere Watan Ke Logo”. And so has Mohammed Rafi for the song “Awaaz Do Hum Ek Hain” .Read more on this topic…